2 men sought by authorities investigating Clements slaying

Apr. 4, 2013
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Evan Ebel somehow disabled his electronic monitoring device March 14, days before a Denver pizza driver and the Colorado prisons director were slain. He was not considered a suspect until after he died March 21 in a shootout with Texas authorities. / Colorado Department of Corrections via AP

by William M. Welch, USA Today

by William M. Welch, USA Today

Investigators in Colorado issued an alert Wednesday telling law enforcement to be on the lookout for two associates of a white supremacist prison gang.

El Paso County, Colo., sheriff's Lt. Jeff Kramer said authorities are seeking James Lohr, 47, and Thomas Guolee, 31, whose names surfaced during the investigation into the death of Colorado prisons chief Tom Clements. Clements was killed at the door of his home in Monument, Colo., near Colorado Springs March 19.

Kramer confirmed in an e-mail to USA TODAY that both Lohr and Guolee are "known associates" of a white supremacist prison gang called 211 Crew, and both men should be considered "armed and dangerous." Kramer said Lohr and Guolee aren't being called suspects in the Clements case. He did not elaborate.

Colorado officials have said Even Ebel, who died in a shootout with Texas authorities, had a gun that matched the bullets that killed Clements and was a member of that same gang. Ebel was also a suspect in the shooting death of a pizza delivery driver two days before Clements was killed.

Kramer said Guolee and Lohr could be headed to Nevada or Texas and are considered armed and dangerous. No description of a vehicle was provided.

"Because of the circumstances where you have violent folks who are willing to execute a DOC official, we don't want to underestimate these guys," Kramer told the Denver Post.

Both Lohr and Guolee have extensive criminal records.

Lohr's record dates back more than 25 years including burglary, domestic violence, escape, theft and fraud, and he has warrants issued for his arrest for bail violation and a protection order violation, the newspaper said. Guolee is on parole with a record including assault, fraud, robbery, forgery and menacing.